Steve, a film that recently premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, is now showing in select cinemas.

The film is a product of Big Things Films, a production company owned by Cillian Murphy, who also stars as the title character.

Upon reading the script for the first time, Murphy confessed to Deadline: "It just broke my heart. They're the sorts of things I love as a reader and as a performer."

Tracey Ullman and Jay Lycurgo also feature in the film, with Lycurgo's character Shy described by Netflix's Tudum as "a troubled teen caught between his past and what lies ahead as he tries to reconcile his inner fragility with his impulse for self-destruction and violence".

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